"underlying improvement" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It generally describes a gradual improvement that lies beneath the surface. For example, "Despite the stagnation of sales, there has been an underlying improvement in customer satisfaction."
We know we have more work to do, but what gets lost sometimes is the underlying improvement of the fundamentals," like cutting costs and improving gross margins.
There has, though, been no underlying improvement in the economy.
Usually, these higher prices reflect some underlying improvement in fundamentals.
Moreover we see limited signs of an underlying improvement in fund flows trends in the higher margin private client business.
"We set out this year to sustain our growth momentum and deliver an underlying improvement in operating margin," Mr. Cescau said.
The official rate is now 7.6percentnt, compared to nine per cent a couple of years ago, but that figure exaggerates the underlying improvement in the labor market.
This change in methodology, along with underlying improvements in individual countries, has led to changes in the league table.
These results suggest that increases in NGF levels during development or adulthood may be one mechanism underlying improvements in spatial and temporal memory of adult rats exposed to elevated levels of choline chloride perinatally.
The cellular mechanisms underlying improvements in endothelial function, and how these interact with the mevalonate pathway downstream of HMG-CoA reductase, have recently begun to emerge.
The significant decline in cervical cancer, once the most common cancer of Mumbai women, is likely due to changes in marriage and family planning, supported by underlying improvements in education and socioeconomic status.
While our results are in agreement with these existing findings, our modelling analysis sheds new light on potential mechanisms that may underlie improvements in VWM performance.
